Catch basin for soil-water-heat reclaimers



- 9 F. S. BOLTZ CATCH BASIN FOR SOIL WATER HEAT RECLAIIERS Filed June 14, 1928 2 Sheets-Shet 2 Ma aya $7 Q QZZ OVIiGyJ.

1 from the lower part of the catch basin upi .7 Ward to the up er'part'or the catch basin" at" .a point higher than the top of the shell"and thence be i g dtQzthe SQYZQ LLQ 'T'T other:

suitable placeof discharge. This overflow pipe 23 is open at its lower (end tolthe soil water in the lower part of the catch basin.

Said pipe 23extends upward within the catch basin outside of the shell, 10 .to a point somewhat above'the normal level of the hot soil water, in the catch basin. Thenor m al level of the soil water is shown at a and. 'thejupper en' d"oif the overflow pipe is shown atj24. dProjecting from'one side of the overflow pipe near the upper end thereo fi is a chamber 25 said chamber havingaclosedbottom. A ve'r-i tical partition or baffle QGQseparatesL-QSaid 4 y chamber from-waste WaterIinthe pipe23fas g ifar up'as the normal'level oi the waste water, but notto the"fulliheight ofjthe said pipe'23. f The partition 26 maybejthe upper" portion of one sidewall of the overflow pipe. This baffie plateforms a dam ovenwhich the waste gwwate as itrises in the overflow pipe can flow into said chamber 25L Anoutlet pipe 27 leads from said-chamber 25 to carry the cooled soil water. to the sewer'or otherjdischarge point.

3 ,The' shell 10 may be supportedin any suit- 5"able' way within the catch'bzisin so that the" bottomrof the shellwill be some,v distance above thebfottom of the'c'atch basin. H t

' I have provided a thermostaticimechanism to controlthe delivery of the waste water 40"into thefbasin so that ,When t'he temperature of the incoming Waste water is'fabove'a'prede termined degree the waste water will. be de? part of the basin", "Any convenient form {of thermostatically controlled fmechanism jmay be employed, and I'do not wish to be limited 7 to the particular form showngin the drawings 5001, to any other particular form. The mechanism shown inthe drawings is illustrative of oneform suitablefor the purpose.

The soil water extends down-to the lower part-ofthe basin and there has a discharge outlet into thefbasin. Inthe upper part of said pipe 57 there is c an outlet port 54 which opens into the upper part of the basin. A valve 55 is hinged at.

56 to the said pipe 57 at thelower edgeof said port 54 andis'adapted to lie inhorizon-- taLposition transversely of the'pipe57 and Fig V wgi hjthe-j.b l wSfando r ins into the interior: thereof. Said pipeicominunicates at its other nle't' pipe 36 is adaptedto L f deliver into the upper part of a pipe 5'fcwhich' water will flow through the port 54 into thev upper part of the basin.- When the said valve is turned up, as shown in Fig. 5, the incoming waste water will take its natural course due to gravity and flow down through the by-pass cally controlled mechanism as follows: The valve has a ha11'dle;or leverze'xtension 58 which projects into the basin and is pivotally con-t nectedby'a -link 59-with one end of a lever 60,

' whose other en d is pivotedand fulcrurnediat 61a a'fi ed-suppe t a df eier; 60 i fp v ally connected intermediate itsendsat. 62 to) t the stem] 63 I of a bellows diaphragm 64in the upper partof the'p'ipe Said'pipe .57 preferablyhas a" closed upper end 6 5. 'A' coil spring 166 fwithinj'the; bell'owsf64 "normally maintains the bellows in lcollap's'ed form; and

thereby 1161a the op enj'f jshownf'in' i'p'ipe 67 is connected at one end end f with "any suitable f source; of pressure.

Preferably it is ;o nn1ef ted with the city'water 1 upply, i r'lii 't n f HPP 'iQ I h oug Pip? '68 i g Uh EQ-WWI dq 'pl 'n'g .6 The p s' 'ae it re l h e dfcoup 'r 'a ir rii h pipe. 6830; thipipe 67fis'contro lled by valve 70,

which'is normallyi closed byki spring' 71 in the tubular casing erynck 72"o fthe coupling ier p ei q eintefi e P 961 1 andj'hasfa tubular-j connection ',74 with the casing'72. Thebulb 73 of thethe f i ostatinay conma any uitable 'expansible element either, liquid for gas} When: the temperature of theiircoming waste waterlflowing' through c the pipe 36 is above a predetermined degree, v p p p n p the valve 7 0 Will be 'opene'dby the expansion llvered 1nto the upper partlof thecatchbasm,

and when it falls below the predetermined; 45"temp erature it will' be admitted to the lower ofthe elementin the thermostat and tube 74, therebyiallowing marnder, pressure'in the pipe 68to-bee1fective in pipe-6.7" to hold the the valve 15 5.

When 'the temperature or the waste waterpassing through the pipe? fallsf below the predetermined degree, the expansive element I in thethermostat contracts and allows-the spring 71 toexpand and 'close the'valve 70v and shut ofi,-the water-pressure on the .,bel-' lows 64. A bleeder P011380 is provided in the pipe '67 torelievethe pressure in said; pipef when the valve 70,isclos ed.- :The spring 66- Will then collapse tl1e. bel lows 64 which will turn the lever 60' and valve 55 into inclinedposition, gas shownin, Fig.5 and 'allowth e incoming waste wate pto :fl o wr ,dofwn through the by-pass 57 into'the iowerpart'er th'e'basin'.

by pass'ihto'the lowerj par t ofthebasin." 

